Pocket article and the like



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fs "rw Patented .lune 271, 1927.

ROBERT S.r BLAIR, 0F SOUND BEACH, CONNECTICUT.

POCKET ARTICLE AND THE LIKE.

Application filed January 5, 1921. Serial No. 435,081.

This invention relates to `pocket articles and the like. One of the objects thereof is to provide simple and practical means for holding articles in pockets in such' manner that they are securely retained and yet readily removable. Other objects are to provide means of the above nature of inexpensive and compact construction and dependableaction and in which the danger of injury to the clothing is substantially eliminated. Another object is to provide means of the above type adapted to cover' and protect the article held. Other objects will be in part` obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exempliiied in the construction hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one of various possible embodiments of this invention:

Figure 1 isL a side elevation thereof; Figure 2 is a plan; Figure 3 is a detail elevation of a portion of Figure 1; Figure 4; is a sectional elevation of the portion shown in Figure 3 taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings ,in detail there is shown an outer casingvmemberl() which is formed of shark skin or a material having similar characteristics. It may be noted that the term shark skin is used in a broad sense to cover similar skins such as dog-fish skins, a characteristic feature of these skins being that the outer surface is provided with a multitude of'small projecting parts 11 which are in general inclined in the same direction. These parts are of a hard, bony nature and tend to maintain their general inclined position. It is possible to imitate this shark skin in form in other` materials and certain features of this invention are not limited to these skins although they possess certain advantages in themselves not found in other materials.

The outer casing l() is so formed, as will be seen from Figure 4 of the drawings that the prongs 11 project in the same general direction with respect to the length of the article as a whole, that is upwardly as shown in the drawings. The casing thus formed on all of its outer surfaces tends to resist relative movement with respect to any surface with which it contacts, in the direction in which the prongs are inclined. Y That is, for example, the device as shown in the drawings would readily move downwardly with respect to the surfaces which it con tacts but there would be a considerable resistance to upward movement due to the tendency of the prongs to interlock with `the material against which they rest.

In this illustrativeembodiment of the in` vention the outer casing 10 surrounds an inner member 12 so formed and secured in position as to adapt it to embrace and frictionally grip a pen or pencil or the like as indicated at 13 although it is to be understood that various other` articles such as the leaves of a memorandum book, or inner portions of a wallet mayy be enclosed and protected in a similar manner in so far as the broader features of this invention are con* cerned.

In the use of the device it is simply inserted in the pocket and thus inserted tends to interlock with the pocket lining and hold its position. It may of course be removed but it is unlikely to slip out accidentally. In the present embodiment the pens orpencils held by the part 13 may be readily removed and re-inserted without disturbing the outer casing or, if desired, the retaining element, that is the outer casing, may be removed with these articles.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects herein mentioned are achieved.

As various changes might be made in the above construction without departing from the scope of this invention, it is to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In holding means for pocket articles, an outer member extending about and forming a casing or cover entirely enclosing the article to be held and provided on'both of its outer surfaces as a constituent part therei.: tending to resist relative-movementin a -predetermined direction. t

2. In holding means for`^poclzet articles,

an outer member extending about to form a container for the article to'be held and provided on both of its outer surfaces `as a constituentE partthereof and with a multitude'` ot` minute projecting parts inclined with respect to the lengthl ofthe articlennd adapted to engage` the. lining of `the.pocket andtend to resist relativeqmovement, yalloif saidprojecting parts being inclined in the same general direction lengthwise of the article. i v l v In holding vmeans 'for pocket articles, a receptacle or container Yformed of amaterial provided with a multitude of minute inclined projections adapted to engage the lining ofthe pocket and" tend to resistrelative `movement and meanswithinsaid; casing adapted removably to `hold the articles therein.` p l 4f `In holding means for pocket articles,

an outer casing of 'shark skin having inl V jections disposed in a `direction lengthwise of the article.

5. In holding means for,pocketgartielesf an wouter casingforming a containenforthe article to be held ,and formed `of sharkV skin with its projections on the outer surface so disposed -toA resist removal ,thereoffrom the pocket. Y A i 6. receptacle or covering for pocket articles formed. ot shark skin `with its projections oniboth sides Kextending lengthwise ot the pocket and adapted toreceiveandenclose .the article ,to be carried ,in ,the pocket.

Signed at Stamford in the countyof FairfieldandSt-ate of Connecticutthis 17th day of December A. D. 1920.

` 'ROBERTS BLAIR. 

